“Peter, you are finally here! I had thought that you would arrive much earlier. And hello to you too, Emma.”

Agent Phil greeted both of us as we arrived at the SHIELD embassy.

“There were not any complications during the transportation, were they?” I asked, worried about the hostages.

“Fortunately, there were not any complications. However, I would never have thought that we would find your parents as hostages there. Congrats, it is a literal miracle!” Agent Phil said, congratulating me.

“This situation can indeed we called a miracle. How is Laura doing by the way?” I asked about Laura, worried how a sheltered girl like her would react.

“Ah! You mean that mutant girl who has Wolverine's power.” Agent Phil said, finally realising who I was talking about.

“She had been rather frightened by the cityscape but your parents managed to calm her down. She has been mostly silent since then, observing everything silently without reacting much.”

“How many people have you called to meet my parents?” I asked since Aunt May and Uncle Ben had been called rather early in the morning, making me curious if there were any others.

“Aside from your uncle and aunt, we have only called Dr. Connors who was a colleague of your parents.” Agent Phil replied.

“Was there any other reason?” I asked since Dr. Connors was a leading scientist in the same field as my parents.

“Nothing hides from you, huh!” Agent Phil said with a chuckle, praising my perception.

“We need his help to comb through all the data we have found in the base to see what kind of genetic research HYDRA as performed over the years. It is not that we do not trust your parents but instead we need an unbiased view.”

“Well, it is your job. If you ever need any extra help, you can also call for me.” I replied with a shrug, offering my help.

“We will see in the future, Peter. I believe that we should focus on the present first. Come, I will take you to your parents.” Agent Phil said as he gestured for us to follow him.

As we moved towards the room where my parents were currently held, I could hear voices coming from the room as we approached it.

“I am telling the truth, Richard. Even though it is me who is taking most of the credit for the ‘ParCon', it was actually Peter who came forth with its idea and even completed most of the research.”

Looks like Dr. Connors was regarding my parents about how the ‘ParCon' had been created. Just from the joy easily perceivable in his voice, it was clear that he was extremely happy to meet them.

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He often told me how sad it was that my parents were not with me to see my achievements. But lo and behold, they were actually here now, listening to his words.

“Men!” Agent Phil addressed the two guards who were guarding the room. He gave them a signal which made them leave their posts.

Afterwards, Agent Phil opened some kind of control panel by the door and rotated a knob inside it which surprisingly cancelled all kind of sounds escaping the room.

“This will allow you to have a proper conversation with your parents without anyone eavesdropping on you. I will now leave you. Enjoy your time with your parents.” Agent Phil said to me as he started leaving.

“Thanks, Agent Phil!” I thanked him even though I was still going to cast a sound bubble spell, a variation of the sound barrier spell which created a sound isolation bubble in my surroundings with me as the centre.

“Shall we?” I said to Emma with a sigh as I casted the sound bubble spell and checked up on my illusion spell for the last time.

Emma merely smiled at me and clasped my hand to show her support. She didn't need to say anything since just this much was enough to encourage me.

Gathering courage, I slowly knocked on the door ready to face my long lost parents.

Knock! Knock!

“Oh! It's you, Peter. You are finally here.” Aunt May said as she opened the door.

I could see my parents inside, talking with Dr. Banner. Uncle Ben was sitting beside them, silently listening to their words with a smile.

Laura was also sitting closely, observing all the people in the room with wary eyes. Since everyone was a stranger to her, she was a little hostile to them even if they were literal family to her adopted parents.

“P-Peter is here!” Mother turned her eyes towards the door immediately as she heard Aunt May’s words. She stood up all of a sudden and rushed over to me.

“My baby boy! You have grown so much!” Mother said tearfully as she hugged me.

“Honestly, I had never thought that I would get to see you again, Peter.” Father said with moist eyes as he stood up and joined us in our hug.

“But you are here now. That is all that matters.” I replied, tears filling up in my eyes despite me trying to stop them.

No matter how foreign they were to me now, they were my birth parents. Meeting them after so many years when I had thought of them to be dead was simply a miracle for me.

“Hey, make some space for me too!” Laura said suddenly as she stood up and joined us in our group hug anxiously.

“Who is this girl?” I asked, trying to act like I didn't know Laura.

“Peter, meet Laura Parker, your adopted sister. Although situation in which we met her was quite unique given that we were hostages, she is now a part of our family.” Mother said, hesitantly introducing Laura to me as all of us separated.

“Hello, Laura! I am your brother, Peter Parker.” I said, introducing myself to Laura once again, this time as Peter Parker.

“Huh!” For some reason, Laura didn't reply and instead starting sniffing me.

“What are you doing, Laura? That is no way to treat your brother.” Mother admonished Laura for her weird behaviour.

“That faint smell of lightning… That invisible but overwhelming presence…” Laura didn't reply to her mother's word and instead started saying weird things.

Uh-Oh! Looks like Laura had managed to remember my smell in the few moments I had not concealed it. And to catch this smell after I had already washed, her sense of a smell must be as strong as Wolverine if not more so.

“You are Albion!” Laura declared what I had feared.

“Don't try to prank us, Laura. There is no way Peter can be Albion.” Mother replied, not believing Laura's words.

I sighed, realising that the cat was out of the bag. I had wanted to hide this fact for some more time since my parents had finally tasted freedom after more than a decade and this information could be overwhelming for them. Unfortunately, that was no longer possible.

“I am not lying. Peter is Albion.” Laura said, persistent on her declaration.

“Mom, it's true. I am Albion.” I said as I slowly removed my illusion spell, making my face assume my true appearance step by step so that they could see that I was really their son Peter Parker.